[AfrICANN-discuss] ICANN NCUC Leaders letter on harmful impact of COICA Internet censorship bill --COICA en Francais

[Alex Gakuru]

US rushes through bill to protect movie and music industries
Can shut down websites even when there is no criminal activity
By Nick Farrell<http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/flame_author/1899195/rushes-protect-movie-music-industry>
Fri Nov 19 2010, 08:47

*FACED WITH WARS*, economic crisis and unemployment, the US Senate Judiciary
Committee rushed into action to pass a law that will give the US Attorney
General the right to shut down websites even if they are doing nothing
illegal.

The move appears to have been rushed through at the behest of Washington's
chums in the music and film industries, so it is fairly likely that it is
going to be over the top.

In this case an ISP will have to comply with a court order bought by a music
or film company and shut down a website if copyright infringement is deemed
"central to the activity" of the site.

The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) allows the
Attorney General to turn suspected websites off if he is asked and this will
effectively turn the entire US judiciary into a free police force for two US
industries.

The music and film industries, which came up with the idea, are fed up with
wasting money with expensive court cases that rarely go anywhere. Now the
law means that all they have to do is pop down to their local police
station, name a website where they claim peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing is
taking place and the forces of law and order will take over.

...

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1899195/rushes-protect-movie-music-industry

2010/11/19 Anne-Rachel Inné <annerachel at gmail.com>

> Pour ceux qui veulent comprendre COICA en Francais:
> http://domaine.blogspot.com/2010/11/coica-quoi-ca.html
> bon week end
> ar
>
> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Alex Gakuru <gakuru at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Just to draw you attention to COICA proposals.
>>
>> <
>> http://www.komaitis.org/1/post/2010/11/individuals-and-civil-society-send-letter-to-senator-p-leahy-on-s3804.html>
>>
>>
>> kindly,
>>
>> Alex
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